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mbilàa— buttocks
mbàmu— excrete (faeces)
mbàryò— tree (unidentified type)
mbàràrèɗ— lizard (type)
mbìlmu— bury
mbìlè— scrambling for something
mbìlèn— gum Arabic
mbìlaa— snatch up, grab up
mbìru— save
mbìràn— help, aid, salvation
mbìtu— put out, extinguish, quench
mbìzò— bee (type)
mbìɗàn— joining one’s resources, cooperation
mbùgùm— blind person
mbùgùmtu— become blind
mbùgùmtànaa— blindness
mbùlùm— grain head after threshing
mbùɗu— knead, form into balls
mbaajìbo— Jimson weed
mbàacaa
mbàadlìgò— tree (unidentified type)
mbàambaa— gluttony, greed
Mbuula— God, Allah
mbùuɗàa— communal labor
mbèeno— close friendship, clan feeling
mbèesu— count
mbòocàɗài— bulging-eyed
meccàa— herd, flock
mem mà gàmaa bòo— gift brought by a traveler
men— thing
min— people
mindì— populace
minàa— us
minèe— us (non-completive direct object)
mu— indeed
mu— us, to us, our
mà— of, that of (masculine genitive linker between two nouns), cf. tà
màdài— red
màfe— white; light-colored
màfee mà àko— happiness
màkàtlu— strike hard
màlmò— Hausa person
màlu— younger brother; younger sister
màlâgàdù— bird (type)
màleekà— angel
Màleekàa— a female name
màlɗu— pour into
màlèekàwaamà— spirit
màmu— ours (independent genitive pronoun)
màngwai— difficulty; pain
màni— thatching needle
màni-màni— whirlwind
mànu— forget
mànà-mànà— this and that
mànài— siblings, compatriots, brethren
mànàn— spitting cobra
mànèp— sweet
màran— sprouts, new leaves
màrdàl— largeness, esp. of penis
màrko— trip, journey, traveling, walking
màrnìiwà— sarcasm
màrtu— sprout
màru— sprout
màràmpàa— temporary well
màrù— oil
màrɗo— bulrush millet
màrɗu— twist, wring
Màskaa— female name
màtàci— locust bean tree or fruit
màɗcàa— sorrel seeds
mà’o— affection
Mâdi— male name
Mâmà— a male name
mèn— wife
mèndò— woman; wife
mèntu— know
mìci— yours
mìcin— a little
mìgìnim— owner, master
mìko— yours
mìnce— So-and-So, some unnamed female person
mìno— mine (independent genitive pronoun)
mìnì— his (independent genitive pronoun)
mìnɗaa— arrow poison
mìsen— stink ants
mìto— hers (independent genitive pronoun)
mìyau— co-wife
mìyà— what?
mìyàayî— what?, what is it?
mìzì— husband, male
mìɗìyàa— millet
mì’yir— epilepsy
mì’yì— jealousy
mùckweetàna— foolishness, behaving like a fool
mùckù— fool
mùgùmtànaa— blindness
Mùktài— a nickname for a man named Mukhtar
mùku— yours
mùnɗu— seal, plug, block, glue, patch
mùrzà— folktale response
mùsu— theirs (independent genitive pronoun)
mùttu— join things together, mix substances together
mùzam— hunter
mùɗku— castrated goat
mùɗàngàlu— knead into balls
maakù— week
Maalùm— herbalist
maalùm— male sorcerer
maarafè— pounding tool
maaràyaa— oryx
maaɗàràu— bicycle
màabì— grave
màadlìgò— castor bean
màadlaaraa— newly sprouted baobab leaves
màafeefee— cotton grass
Màajìyàa Ndîvu— female name
màakum— horn blown for hunting
Màakwai— male name
màakwii— fortune-teller
Màakwii— male name
màalu— take care of, care for a child
màalaa— field, open area, outside
Màaloo— male name
màaluusaa— African peach
màama— Mom
Màamân— male name
màanòo— So-and-So, some unnamed person
màari— new millet
màarì— without
màaroo— promiscuous person
màarèe-maarèe— competition
màatu— speak
màayu— find, look for, hunt, watch, see
màayàri— baobab cakes
màazàgu— moisten by sprinkling, dampen
mee— thing
mee mà gùuno— ingredients for miya
meeɗàwi— python, probably African rock python
mìikee— everything, anything, whatever
muunên— anguish
muushè— carrion, carcass
mǎiwàa— large, big, important
m̀barìyo— the flowering shrub Catunaregam nilotica
m̀baɗ kà…— … teen
mèeràkù— ulcer, sore
mèeto— death
mèetu— coagulate, freeze
mòoru— cheat, deceive
na— if, when
nadì— there is some, it exists
Nairàa— Naira
nakat— and then, following that
nautaa— cheating, doing bad deeds
ndagài— Allah, God
ndigìr— pile, mound
ndirè— dancing
ndlàràku— pied crow
ndlàreekatè— cricket (type)
ndlaaɓìri— red-eyed pigeon
ndlàaràa— African myrrh
ndlèebàn— tarkon tsuntsu
ndu— go, come
ndàfu— destroy; (intr.) collapse
ndàkwàco— a broken calash that has been sewn together
ndàli— entanglement
ndàlo— like, love, want
ndàlaa kaa— followers, adherents
ndàr mà àmù— watercourse
ndàrù— road, path
ndàɗò— weight, heaviness; heavy
ndìra— exceed, surpass, be better than
ndìru— jump, fly
ndìràntu— be better than, surpass, exceed
ndìraamàa— herbalist, dealer in traditional medicine
ndìɓu— tie together, tie a knot
ndìɓaa càacà— sow dissension, set one against another by spreading rumors
ndaagàyaa— fortune teller
nduulaka— brains
ndèerèe— Jerusalem cricket
ndèeɓin— mud, muddy water
ndòokaa— keep on doing
ndòoroo— sowing dissension with gossip, talking behind one’s back
ngadàri— liar, someone who makes up stories about others
ngalkò— it would be better that…
ngarau— clear sound
ngatè— wasan gaɗa
ngelngel— under no circumstances
nginifù— diligence, pluck, hard work
ngudì— lazy person, a good-for-nothing
ngumàni— support, taking one’s side
ngumùri— any celebration or fete
nguɗ— small type of biting insect
ngwàbàr— gutta-percha tree
ngwà’yu— grind coarsely
ngwâmngwaɓ— snake (type)
ngàntu— delay, cause a delay
ngànu— spend time
ngànàn— a tree found in marshy places
ngàrjì— cave, hollow
ngàrmài— black scorpion, possibly emperor scorpion

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